Looking for Subwoofer Recommendations
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kwkshift
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Did you demo it beforehand?
Bill S
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Ouch! You might get lucky and maybe the sub was just overdriven at some point in its life. If that's the case try fixing the obvious - replacing the resistor. Look for any bulging or leaking caps and replace if there are any. It might just work fine. Worth a shot?
grey_beard
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It ended up just being an issue with the resistor. Replaced and now it's up and running. Sounding beautiful!
Yes, that is correct!
Kgveteran
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Bang for the buck is usually DIY, while used subs are fine, i find abuse is common, and you cant listen to it first.
My rule of thumb with subwoofers is get 200% more than what you need to avoid upgrades.
Hence my four 15’s and 6kwatts, headroom is key with subwoofers, no replacement for displacement.
for music systems you can scale it back, but if this is for dual system HT/music go big
My rule of thumb with subwoofers is get 200% more than what you need to avoid upgrades.
Hence my four 15’s and 6kwatts, headroom is key with subwoofers, no replacement for displacement.
for music systems you can scale it back, but if this is for dual system HT/music go big
they aren't so cheap anymore eh, paid $92 for each of mine back in 2012 for the previous rear ported edition. Both still rocking doubling as stands for the mains in the surround system.
grey_beard
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The sub is doing double duty as a home theater speaker which is where the more obvious need for db's down in the low 20hz's. Of course there's a heated argument to be had about optimal bass response for music playback, but I'll leave that to others. I just know what sounds sweet to my ears and this REL B2 sounds sweet.
You know that, down deep in your heart, it's now time to start thinking about seat shakers
Not that expensive to do, will blow your mind!
https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-SA230-With-4-Aura-Pro-Bass-Shakers-Bundle-300-9006
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Yes, I didn't think that one entirely through. I don't have my system hooked up to video, and saw your question through that lens. Also, my main speakers (GoldenEar Triton 2+) have pretty deep bass response. Maybe I should join the modern era and integrate video and audio!
my main subwoofer is 2-channel music only and is rated to 18hz, +/-2db to 22hz, most speakers can benefit from a "good" subwoofer, this one was $2G. It was designed for music reproduction, it's not the best for video, it's not all about how loud it will go, (I have others for that) but how accurate with minimal distortion.
RunOutGroove
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I have a SVS SB-2000 sub that I really like. I like the closed box design of the SVS in that to me it's far more musical that the ported subs that I've heard. The SVS seems to go plenty low, but maybe not as low as the JBL sub that it replaced, which was had the same 12" size driver, but was a much bigger box and had a port. The JBL could really deliver the boom and might actually be a slightly better choice (ported in general) for home theater stuff, but didn't have the same kind of finesse with music, could sound overly boomy with some music and took up more space than the SVS. I use my audio system for home theater as well (if you can call it that, being simple stereo... though my TV is hooked up to it) but the way that I look at it is that I pay far more attention to the sound quality of music than I do of movie soundtracks, so that it's far more important to me that my system be ideal for music than for movie soundtracks.
I believe that the SVS SB-2000 sub that I have may indeed be available used for your budget. The top line new ones have extra features like cell phone integration (you can use software to set the thing up and your phone becomes the remote). I personally don't like the idea of audio gear that's tied to current tech (like cell phones) so the cheaper, plainer version of the sub is fine with me. I figure that I can just use my ears to set the thing up and that once I do, I don't really need to adjust it so I don't need a remote...
incidentally, I bought a Jamo sub a few years ago from someone on CL and it turned out not to work. The guy I bought it from turned out to be a criminal and wouldn't give my my money back and thus I spent another bit of $ on trying to get it fixed and it turned out that no parts were available for the thing... so it got trashed. I'm not sure if that brand has a reliability record for powered subs, but I have to wonder. I do have a pair of Jamo C103 speakers though that I like a lot, so they don't seem to be lousy across the line...
I believe that the SVS SB-2000 sub that I have may indeed be available used for your budget. The top line new ones have extra features like cell phone integration (you can use software to set the thing up and your phone becomes the remote). I personally don't like the idea of audio gear that's tied to current tech (like cell phones) so the cheaper, plainer version of the sub is fine with me. I figure that I can just use my ears to set the thing up and that once I do, I don't really need to adjust it so I don't need a remote...
incidentally, I bought a Jamo sub a few years ago from someone on CL and it turned out not to work. The guy I bought it from turned out to be a criminal and wouldn't give my my money back and thus I spent another bit of $ on trying to get it fixed and it turned out that no parts were available for the thing... so it got trashed. I'm not sure if that brand has a reliability record for powered subs, but I have to wonder. I do have a pair of Jamo C103 speakers though that I like a lot, so they don't seem to be lousy across the line...
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Bill S
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That depends on the music you listen to I guess. There is a lot of new music that has quite a bit of very low synth bass. Then add to that any modern Rap and HipHop and there's plenty of room for augmenting most main speakers. If your speakers roll off starting at 40hz you're probably not hearing it. That doesn't mean its not there.
using twin 12" subs connected in stereo, one right one left as stands for the C-103's makes them giant killers.
currently being used as the mains in my multi-channel system along with the matching C-10 center channel speaker.
RunOutGroove
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Yeah, that kind of config would probably be better than what I've currently got running, except for the fact that I don't really have the right kind of room to make it really work. I don't have the room near the speakers to pull them out so far (and from my experience, subs near walls can sound really muddy) and then on one side I'm probably too close to a corner. Honestly, if I had the luxury of a larger space and the budget to make it happen, I'd probably move the Jamos to my extra room and get a pair of open baffle speakers with really good bass and not even use subwoofers with it. A friend of mine has some really great open baffle speakers and although they don't really go down to subwoofer levels of bass they go pretty low (enough to satisfy me) and I felt that they actually sounded better by themselves than with a sub hooked up.